If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are angry, I can bear it : the die is cast, the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer. Temporis calendarium; or An almanack - Page 15by William Rogerson - 1828 - 1848 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alan L. Mackay - Science - 1991 - 312 pages
...W Pauli Tke Interpretation of Nature and the Piycke 1955 (London: Routledge k Kegan Paul) p 180 27 It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer. In David Brewster Martyrs of Science or the Live* of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler 1841 28 Ubi materia,... | |
| William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - Literary Collections - 1994 - 868 pages
...cast; the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which. It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.24 In the conclusion of his treatise Harmony of Worlds, Kepler wrote: I thank Thee, my Creator... | |
| C. H. Webber - 1996 - 160 pages
...knew, so when he offered his book with views contrary to those entertained in his day, he said: "lt may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited 6000 years for an observer." Q. — So Kepler believed the earth but 6000 years old? . A. — Yes.... | |
| Helen Gavaghan - Technology & Engineering - 1997 - 338 pages
...will indulge my sacred fury.... If you forgive me, I rejoice; if you are angry, I can bear it; the die is cast, the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which...." Though Galileo (1564-1642) never accepted elliptical orbits, his giant strides in mechanics provided,... | |
| Arthur P. Mendel - Alienation (Social psychology) - 1999 - 364 pages
...away from the confines of Egypt. If you forgive me, I rejoice; if you are angry, I can bear it; the die is cast, the book is written, to be read either...God has waited six thousand years for an observer! (Kepler) 17 The desires for truth, goodness, and beauty were all satisfied by this mathematical (and,... | |
| Nordin Yusof - Astronautics, Military - 1999 - 900 pages
...give myself up to divine ecstasy.... My book is written, ft mill be read either Ity my contemporaries or by posterity - I care not which. It may well wait a hundred years /or a reader, as God has waited 6,000 years for someone to understand his work."34 As... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Ollive Mabbott, Eleanor D. Kewer - Fiction - 2000 - 768 pages
...away from the confines of Egypt. If you forgive me I rejoice; if you are angry, I can bear it. The die is cast; the book is written, to be read either...God has waited six thousand years for an observer.' " One of Brewster's acknowledged sources, John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune's Life of Kepler (183o) in... | |
| David Mazel - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 388 pages
...claiming the applause of his contemporaries, but leaves his fame to after-ages in these noble words: "The book is written; to be read either now or by...well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited 6,000 years for an observer." And when a yet greater than Kepler was bringing to its final issue that... | |
| Hasan S. Padamsee - Science - 2002 - 708 pages
...on computations using logarithms. Decorating the work with lavish illustrations, he wrote [39]: The die is cast, the book is written to be read either...- it may well wait a century for a reader, as God waited six thousand years for an observer. Publication involved another prolonged struggle. All through... | |
| William J. Federer - History - 2003 - 420 pages
...Thee!... The book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which. It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." American Minute December 28 JTie thought tariffs between countries caused wars, so he worked to repeal... | |
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